Indigenous tourism

Question 1

What is the point of indigenous tourism?

Answer 1

opportunity to improve indigenous communities socio-economic status, way of reconciliation, change perspectives and preserve culture language and traditions.

Question 2

What are the barriers to tourism growth?

Answer 2

gap in education and awareness about tourism industry standards, relationship btwn indig and non-ingid tourism, lack of indig tour guides, access to capital and insurance, needs of support in finance and administration.

Question 3

What are indigenous tourism Manitoba’s accomplishments?

Answer 3

interactive website, increased amount of indig tourism businesses, and increased how many are market and export ready, supported businesses with funding, delivered training to communities.

Question 4

What is ITM’s economic impact?

Answer 4

provided over 2000 jobs for canadians, revenue contributed to economy roughly $47 million

Question 5

What are ITM’s future plans?

Answer 5

acquiring an office space, hiring core staff, offer indig tourism training to youth, powwow market readinesss, update strategy, continue experience development

Question 6

What are the factors in product development?

Answer 6

one on one mentorship, relationship building, flexible availability, visiting the experience in person, patience and understanding.

Question 7

What is one on one mentorship?

Answer 7

priority bc every business is unique, and this gives full attn to the business.

Question 8

What is relationship building?

Answer 8

open mind and open heart, understanding barriers, sensitivity to traumas, authentic conversations.

Question 9

What are in-person visits?

Answer 9

builds trust and connection, gives opportunity to see challenges, and have an outside view.

Question 10

What is flexibility on availability?

Answer 10

9-5 hours may not work so being available at different hours, respecting community, people on land (fishing, hunting, foraging)

Question 11

What is flexibility on communication?

Answer 11

using phone, email, zoom, whats app, etc. so many kinds of communication

Question 12

What are operators gatherings?

Answer 12

in person training, building sense of community, local indig experience, trust btwn operators.

Question 13

What are the strategies for indigenous tourism businesses?

Answer 13

funding assistance, budgeting, ecommerce advice, goal setting, business plans, social media guidance, product content creation, website content.